The Cultivation of the Fuchsia. 263 



to the circumference : petals flat and well formed : umbels 

 large, round and full : habit moderately vigorous and good. 

 This is a very striking and beautiful variety. 



6. Eliza, (Hovey's.) Flowers large, of a soft, glossy, and 

 very deep rosy pink shade : petals large and little reflexed : 

 umbels large, globular, compact, and finely formed : habit 

 and foliage excellent. A superb variety. 



7. Anne Marie, (Hovey's.) Flowers very large, rosy salm- 

 on color, shaded with pink; petals large, firm, and little 

 cupped: umbels very large, rather flat: habit similar to Car- 

 oline, which it somewhat resembles, but has a more salmon 

 tint. 



8. Sarah, (Hovey's.) Flowers medium size, pale pink, 

 with a large straw-colored centre : petals medium size, and 

 slightly crimped at the edges : umbels well formed : habit 

 good. A distinct and pretty variety, the straw-colored eye 

 making a delicate contrast of colors. 



9. Gracieuse, (Hovey's.) Flowers large, yellowish white : 

 petals broad and cupped : umbels large, rather flat, and of 

 good form : habit vigorous : foliage good. A large and fine 

 showy white variety, of which we as yet have so iev^ good 

 ones. 



10. Celestine, (Barry's.) Flowers medium size, clear lav- 

 ender blue, with radiating veins from the eye, which gives 

 them a striped appearance : umbels rather compact and well 

 formed : habit moderately vigorous : foliage broad and hand- 

 some. This is a very fine addition to the blue tinted verbe- 

 nas. 



Art Vn. Remarks on the Cultivation of the Fuchsia. By 

 W. Saunders, New Haven, Conn. 



So popular has this class of flowers become, that it is al- 

 most a matter of astonishment to find a collection of plants 

 without some of them. They are so well known to every 

 one having the least acquaintance with flowers, that any de- 

 scription of them is unnecessary ; yet the estimation in which 

 they are held, their various habits of growth, and the changes 



